Author Archives: Jack Richards

I used a few different pieces of hardware gear to I used a few different pieces of hardware gear to give each track a slight mix down. My DAW track being dnb needed to be quite extensively mixed if it was to compare to other songs in the genre when being mixed together in clubs.Continue reading “Hardware mix down processes & Final thoughts”

For my studio session composition, I decided on multiple synths to use and started by recording short drum loops & musical phrases taking inspiration from the Saytek video, but instead of using the session view I chose arrangement view as I was making a song compared to a live set. once I had a goodContinue reading “Studio session setup & DAW Composition sound selection”

The Korg monologue is a dual oscillator, polyphonic synth with an added noise oscillator. It is part digital part analog giving it a rich sound with digital performance modes and also makes it MIDI USB compatible, this means you can use the synth as a controller or send MIDI from the DAW to the KorgContinue reading “Korg Minilouge”

For my live format composition, I plan to use a drum pattern machine. This will act as the backbone of the track, creating the basic kick-snare for this track along with some hats and percussion that’s included on my chosen synth. I will also use the drum machine as a CV clock to sync anyContinue reading “Rhythm Wolf & Drum brute comparison”

In some of the sessions in lecture I have been using the variegate euro-rack modular synth. This euro-rack contains a sequencer which will let you set up 8 separate gate signals and 2 CV signals, these gate signals can be sequenced using the probability fades when you have the certain gate selected. This trigger canContinue reading “Varigate Euro-rack sequencer”

In my first studio session, I used the Moog mother 32 as I wanted to use a synth that could produce a wide range of sounds whilst implementing some modular patching. The Moog at its core is a single waveform synth that can be set to either sawtooth or pulse width mode. It also containsContinue reading “Moog Mother 32 Semi-Modular”

Most hardware synths can be connected together via MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) with using the midi in, out and thru. To make sure that all of the hard synths are able to sync to a BPM, all of the synths must follow a common clock. This clock can be set via one of theContinue reading “MIDI Clocks & connectivity”

For this module, I will have to create 2 contrasting For this module, I will have to create 2 contrasting compositions, using mainly hardware and MIDI sequencers as the tools for composition. For one of my compositions, I plan to use a range of synths in more sound design format then re sampling this toContinue reading “Initial Ideas”